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GENERAL MOTORS CORP. v. CONKLE

No. A96A1785.

486 S.E.2d 180 (1997)

226 Ga. App. 34

GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION v. CONKLE et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied April 4, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

King & Spalding, Griffin B. Bell, Chilton D. Varner, Robert D. Hays, Jr., Sara E. Barton, Atlanta, Barnes, Browning, Tanksley & Casurella, Roy E. Barnes, Marietta, for appellant.

Butler, Wooten, Overby, Pearson, Fryhofer & Daughtery, James E. Butler, Jr., Columbus, Albert M. Pearson III, Atlanta, Peter J. Daughtery, Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis & Rothschild, James E. Humes II, Columbus, for appellees.

Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, Richard B. North, Jr., Atlanta, Cook, Noell, Tolley & Wiggins, J. Vincent Cook, Athens, Flournoy & Gentry, Matthew C. Flournoy, Marietta, Franklin, Taulbee, Rushing, Bunce & Brogdon, W.M. Brogdon, Jr., Statesboro, amici curiae.

BEASLEY, Judge.

As a sanction for discovery abuse the court struck General Motors' ("GM") answer and granted default judgment as to liability. The order was certified for immediate review, and we granted GM's application for interlocutory appeal.

The parents of Howell W. Conkle, Jr. and the administrator of his estate brought a wrongful death suit on September 18, 1992, against the owner and the operator of a 1987...

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